100+ Pounds to Lose

I would love to be part of any group that has 100 pounds or more to loose. I just started using the app. I am just trying to explore to get the best benifiets. I have done lots of shake diets and lost lots of weight. Unfortunately I always put the weight back on plus. I am now at my heaviest and need to make a like style change. If anyone has any tips please let me know. Thank you!!

I am no expert but I just wanted to say to everyone that whatever your weight-loss goals, it CAN be done. I know this as I discovered this morning that I have lost 100lbs. I have many more to go (approx 70lbs) but I also know that I WILL achieve this aim.

Yes, it does seem impossible when you look at the bigger number - it's scary! But, with the right mindset, it can be done. I'd tried and failed before because my head wasn't in the right place/peer pressure/wrong type of "diet". This time around though, my head was in the right place and even back when I started, I knew that I'd succeed.

I'm not just losing weight though, I am also trying to improve my fitness through exercise - not particularly vigorous stuff, just cycling, walking and occasional swimming.

I weigh everything. If it goes into my mouth, it gets weighed and logged. This helps me to control my eating and my eating habits. I try to stay within my calorie goal, mostly this is achievable, sometimes I go slightly over. When I go over, I don't worry too much, I just try to do better the following day. A couple of hundred calories over one day isn't going to make a huge difference over the course of many months (and it will take months) but a couple of hundred calories every day might do.

I view every day as a fresh start. Regardless of what happened the day before, every day is a reset.

I started exercising. The first walk I went on, I had to keep stopping for a break. I got hot, sweaty and felt pretty miserable. That walk was about a mile. Not far, huh? But it was, for me. Unfit, fat me. But I did it. And I've tried to walk every day since, weather permitting. I now walk 6-8 miles a day and could easily walk further (it has taken me 8 months to get to this point). I also try to cycle daily as well (now that I don't feel stupid on a bike - I always used to worry that I'd look silly, being as I was so big). What I've found though, is that the cycling community are so friendly and passing cyclists will call out "hello!". My resting pulse when I started was 100bpm+. It's now hovering at around 60bpm, way more acceptable to me.

I don't dwell on the big number. I aim small and work towards these. I don't look much further ahead than the next couple of pounds.

It's frustrating. Water retention is a problem. Last week I jumped on the scales and had gained 2lbs, due to water weight. This week it had gone, along with a bit more. Weight fluctuates, you have to be patient. When I haven't lost, or have gained, I get mad for a couple of minutes and then calm down because I know that this process WORKS and I have to be patient.

Your health will improve as you go. I feel vastly different to how I felt eight months ago. No more swollen ankles/acid reflux/feeling like a lump. I have loads more energy. I can RUN (okay, short bursts, but I can run). I feel AMAZING.

My one regret? Not doing this sooner. Wish I'd started YEARS ago. I've put my health at risk and my family's happiness at risk. That saddens me but I'm doing something about it now. Better late then never I suppose.

I'll shut up now. My final piece of advice? Don't wait. Just do it. Now.

A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. Don't focus on the end goal, focus on tracking your calories day in, day out.

And remember, the longer it takes to achieve your goals, the more permanent this change will be. Those who lose a large amount of weight steadily will keep it off - you are in control of your decisions.

I am trying to lose a total of 140-150 pounds. I started this journey a year ago and by august 2015 I was down 40 pounds and was so proud of myself. I was totally motived by only myself. Then vacation time came around and I fell off and I have since gained 20 pounds back. I'm trying hard to get back into it but it's so hard. Once you get use to saying no to unhealthy foods and saying no to foods that's going to make you go over your calorie count it will become a habit and it will get easier. You have to find the motivation inside you first before anyone else can motivate you. It will take time to get into it fully but once you start and the pounds start dropping you will feel so much better and that will motivate you even more. I also think that the reward program will help out to. I also found that when my clothes started getting bigger and wouldn't fit I didn't keep them once I got some new clothes. Keeping your old bigger clothes only tells you that you think you will give up. You can do this. I can do this. You can add me as a friend and we can help each other. But remember you have to want this for yourself to be able to make it happen.

mmarshall74 wrote: »

I started with 130+ pounds to lose and am down 80 in little over a year. It's hard at first but when you start to see (or feel) the progress, it gives you huge motivation to continue. Like other have said: get a food scale and weigh everything; I started a regular exercise routine and the hard work at exercise helps motivate me to eat better and stay at a deficit. Incorporating resistance training has helped me a lot... it seems to slow my loss on the scale but clothes fit better and I feel stronger. Don't let bad days or even week make you give up. Everyone slips up and overeating or cravings win out sometimes. Log everything (even terrible days). You can learn a lot about your "trigger food" or craving by looking back at "bad" days. Drink lots of water. No quick fixes, fads, cleanses, pills.... slow and consistent wins at "fat" loss. Look at it as a lifestyle change and only make changes you can do for the rest of your life. Good luck. If I can do this anyone can.....

I totally agree. We have to look at it as a "lifestyle change" because diets have start dates and stop dates, and we often feel disappointed when we hit plateaus because we are "dieting." If you continue to eat healthy, count calories and exercise, you will ultimately arrive at your goal weight. That is what I understand now. Diets make you anxious for results.

I agree with the suggestions here: Take pictures once a month (I took one of me trying on shorts that I could fasten but not zip, then a month later, took one of them zipped -- albeit snugly). When you start second-guessing the effectiveness of your diet (i.e. that dratted plateau that seems to strike once a month), you can pull out these progress photos and remind yourself it's working and to just keep doing what you're doing cause it's working. It helps when you're feeling down.

Looks like I'm in the same boat you are. 23 years old, roughly 100 pounds (give or take) to lose! Not too sure where to really start besides cutting calories, and exorcising more. Care if I added you? More friends on here, the more I feel like I'll be accountable!